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Soils
Investigation 2:
Separating Soil by Settling

This investigation will help you to:

Learn more about about gravity, friction, and their effect
on the settling of grains in water.

To learn more about gravity, friction, and their effect on the settling of grains in water, visit the following web sites:

Stoke's Law,
Concordia College
This brief article explains the mathematical formula used to calculate how fast particles will settle in a liquid.

How fast do sediment grains of different sizes settle?,
Society for Sedimentary Geology
Check out this sample lesson plan for a lab about sediment grains settling rate.

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Last updated: January 26, 2009

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Soils Investigation 2: Separating Soil by Settling

This investigation will help you to:

To learn more about gravity, friction, and their effect on the settling of grains in water, visit the following web sites:

Soils
Investigation 2:
Separating Soil by Settling